Italian Beginners plusTuesday 16.00-18.00
If you have completed a first year in Adult education or have an elementary knowledge of Italian, which you would like to build upon, this is the course for you, You will revise and widen the range of everyday situations in which you are able to get by, and continue to improve your knowledge of grammar and vocabulary. The emphasis will be on communication, so please be prepared to have a go! |
Catherine Bond is an experienced language teacher with a degree in French and German. During her degree she spent a term at university in France, and a year as a language assistant in a school on Lake Constance, on the Swiss/German border. After completing a PGCE she spent 2 years living in Italy, learning Italian, and working as a teacher of English as a Foreign Language, which she continued to do in Oxford on her return to the UK. She has been teaching languages locally in Adult Education since 2010. Classes start week beginning Monday 16th September 2024
11 sessions Price: £ 143 Castle street Centre, Kendal 
Italian Early Intermediate2 classes:
Tuesday 18.30-20.30 or Wednesday 10.00-12.00 In this course you will work on improving your vocabulary, use of idiom and level of accuracy, practising orally, with reading and writing exercises for consolidation. There will also be plenty of opportunity for listening practice. We will use a variety of topics as a basis for the language-learning. the class is very cooperative and friendly. |
Italian Intermediate 2Thursday 10.30-12.30
This class has been running for a year longer than Intermediate 1. You will continue to develop your confidence in expressing yourself in Italian, using a variety of topics and activities, which will include discussion, presentations, group work, pairwork and games. We will naturally continue to consolidate work on verb forms, pronouns, prepositions etc. paying particular attention to the future tense, unusual past forms, and verb+pronoun combinations. We will also look at some new expressions of necessity, and generally build upon our knowledge of idiom and vocabulary. The course takes place in a relaxed and light-hearted atmosphere with lots of mutual support and interactive tasks, so you can be confident that you will get lots of speaking and listening practice. You will also have the opportunity to practise your reading and writing skills. |
Italian Intermediate 1Thursday 13.30-15.30
This class has more experience than Early Intermediate. If you are at the stage where you feel you have a grasp of the basics, but really want to build your confidence in your communicative skills and get a sense of more idiomatic language, this course should suit you. Language will be presented in a variety of topics and the emphasis will be on putting new language into spoken practice, whilst also giving you the opportunity to improve your listening, reading and writing skills. There will be lots of interaction with your classmates in a friendly atmosphere, with lots of good humour, so you need not to be afraid to try your Italian out! |
